German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned in a New Year's television address to be broadcast on Thursday that the effects of the country's worst post-war recession would drag into 2010.
New Year’s Eve revellers in Germany should bundle up if they plan to ring in 2009 outside – the German Weather Service (DWD) in Offenbach on Monday warned that an icy wind will cause temperatures plunge on <i>Silvester</i> night.
